Gospel Patrons

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Sep 15 • 2017

The Gospel Patron Behind the World’s Most Famous Song

It is one of our favorite songs to sing and many of us know it by heart, but did you know that there was a Gospel Patron behind it? Hear the amazing story of how one village hymn became a global anthem.

By John Rinehart

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Sep 07 • 2017

The Joy and Blessing of Giving

Have you ever felt like giving was a duty or an obligation? Tony Cimmarrusti has a fresh perspective, rooted in some advice he received as a young man. In this short video he shares that advice and why he’s so joyful about giving.

By Tony Cimmarrusti

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Oct 21 • 2017

Awake Conference 2017

Awake is 1-day experience for young professionals who follow Jesus to be refreshed and empowered to not just be “nice people at work” but to be catalysts for a great move of God in Silicon Valley.

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Aug 25 • 2017

The Gospel Patrons Behind The Most Watched Film In History

When Hollywood, New York, and London all rejected their screenplay, God raised up a generous Gospel Patron to fund a film that has now been translated into more than 1,500 languages and seen by more than 3 billion people. This is the story behind the most watched film in history.

By John Rinehart

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Aug 18 • 2017

Stunning Generosity

Stunning is the kind of word that arrests your attention and pulls you towards it. The kind that slows time down and makes you forget everything else. What would it look like if we began to live lives of stunning generosity?

By John Rinehart

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Aug 10 • 2017

Two Essential Questions Of Wealth Management

God has given us one life. How are you going to live? John Sleeting, a private wealth manager in Chicago, poses two crucial questions that will help you frame the foundation of your stewardship.

By John Sleeting

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Gospel Patron Journals

April 19, 2016

Ben Stone

Portfolio Manager

3
/10

God’s Generosity

God’s generosity is simply overwhelming. And I only dimly see it now. I can’t wait to fully comprehend the full extent of his generosity in heaven! That God should give his most precious possession, using the payment of his blood, to redeem someone as wretched and unworthy as myself in order that I can enjoy every spiritual blessing in Christ now and one day be physically in his presence for ever, is as I say simply overwhelming.

Susan Peterson

Entrepreneur

1
/10

Hello, I’m…

Susan Peterson. I live in Atlanta with my husband Todd and am a Co-Founder of karamacollection.com. Karama alleviates poverty by restoring dignity through creative, purposeful work for artisans, beginning in Africa. I grew up in a home that didn’t talk about giving really at all. Todd and I learned to give as a married couple, from Scripture and from older wiser couples the Lord placed in our lives.

Kevin Cathey

Apple Engineer

2
/10

Giving

God has been teaching me that generosity is not a giving away, because that would imply that I am the center or that I'm losing something. Instead, generosity is a giving towards the work of a loving King and His Kingdom.

Janice Munemitsu

Business Consultant

4
/10

Dangers of Wealth

Saving comes naturally to me, but I am being trained by God to make saving a lower priority. I am learning that my security is in Christ, not in my savings account. He wants me to put His resources to work now vs. putting His priorities on hold.

April 14, 2017

Mart Green

Chief Strategy Officer

5
/10

Treasuring Jesus

Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:21, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." We can help lead our hearts to truly treasure Jesus by giving our money to what Jesus cares about. Generosity is a gateway to intimacy with God.

March 24, 2017

Simon Pillar

Private Equity Partner

4
/10

Dangers of Wealth

Wealth can be an idol on various levels and also a cruel and deceptive mistress. It pretends to satisfy our need for security. It woos with the status it buys. And it seduces with the temptation of luxury and an ‘easy life’.

September 30, 2016

Ron Herrema

Entrepreneur

1
/10

Hello, I’m…

I never graduated from high school and I’m self-employed. I’ve been poor. I’ve been rich or whatever rich is defined as. But for me giving is one of the best feelings I could have. It’s very freeing. Giving is really after the heart of God.

August 5, 2016

Pete Ochs

Entrepreneur

1
/10

Hello, I’m…

My name is Pete Ochs and I’m an entrepreneur from Wichita, Kansas interested in creating economic, social, and spiritual capital. I love to ride dirt bikes in the mountains of Colorado.

April 29, 2016

Akeel Sachak

Investment Banker

10
/10

3 Words

It is not three words, but these words from 2 Timothy 4:7 I would hope to be remembered by: “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.”

April 21, 2016

Dan Peck

CPA

7
/10

My Routine

A new habit for me has been to listen to the audio Bible. The YouVersion App allows me to play it on my phone and listen while I drive. Recently, I ran through a bunch of the prophets. And you know they are short and you can listen to them in one sitting. I did Habakkuk and Malachi. I did three or four back to back. And then I thought lets start back at the beginning so I went back to Genesis.

April 19, 2016

Ben Stone

Portfolio Manager

3
/10

God’s Generosity

God’s generosity is simply overwhelming. And I only dimly see it now. I can’t wait to fully comprehend the full extent of his generosity in heaven! That God should give his most precious possession, using the payment of his blood, to redeem someone as wretched and unworthy as myself in order that I can enjoy every spiritual blessing in Christ now and one day be physically in his presence for ever, is as I say simply overwhelming.

Susan Peterson

Entrepreneur

1
/10

Hello, I’m…

Susan Peterson. I live in Atlanta with my husband Todd and am a Co-Founder of karamacollection.com. Karama alleviates poverty by restoring dignity through creative, purposeful work for artisans, beginning in Africa. I grew up in a home that didn’t talk about giving really at all. Todd and I learned to give as a married couple, from Scripture and from older wiser couples the Lord placed in our lives.

Kevin Cathey

Apple Engineer

2
/10

Giving

God has been teaching me that generosity is not a giving away, because that would imply that I am the center or that I'm losing something. Instead, generosity is a giving towards the work of a loving King and His Kingdom.

Janice Munemitsu

Business Consultant

4
/10

Dangers of Wealth

Saving comes naturally to me, but I am being trained by God to make saving a lower priority. I am learning that my security is in Christ, not in my savings account. He wants me to put His resources to work now vs. putting His priorities on hold.

April 14, 2017

Mart Green

Chief Strategy Officer

5
/10

Treasuring Jesus

Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:21, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." We can help lead our hearts to truly treasure Jesus by giving our money to what Jesus cares about. Generosity is a gateway to intimacy with God.

March 24, 2017

Simon Pillar

Private Equity Partner

4
/10

Dangers of Wealth

Wealth can be an idol on various levels and also a cruel and deceptive mistress. It pretends to satisfy our need for security. It woos with the status it buys. And it seduces with the temptation of luxury and an ‘easy life’.

September 30, 2016

Ron Herrema

Entrepreneur

1
/10

Hello, I’m…

I never graduated from high school and I’m self-employed. I’ve been poor. I’ve been rich or whatever rich is defined as. But for me giving is one of the best feelings I could have. It’s very freeing. Giving is really after the heart of God.

August 5, 2016

Pete Ochs

Entrepreneur

1
/10

Hello, I’m…

My name is Pete Ochs and I’m an entrepreneur from Wichita, Kansas interested in creating economic, social, and spiritual capital. I love to ride dirt bikes in the mountains of Colorado.

April 29, 2016

Akeel Sachak

Investment Banker

10
/10

3 Words

It is not three words, but these words from 2 Timothy 4:7 I would hope to be remembered by: “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.”

April 21, 2016

Dan Peck

CPA

7
/10

My Routine

A new habit for me has been to listen to the audio Bible. The YouVersion App allows me to play it on my phone and listen while I drive. Recently, I ran through a bunch of the prophets. And you know they are short and you can listen to them in one sitting. I did Habakkuk and Malachi. I did three or four back to back. And then I thought lets start back at the beginning so I went back to Genesis.

Thoughts

thought

I thought about the meaninglessness of life for a man who has everything to live with, but nothing to live for.”

―Billy Graham

thought

My weakness is my greatest strength, for then I trust alone on Jesus, when I feel my own dependence.”

―Charles Spurgeon

thought

If we have a right view of ourselves in this world as pilgrims, as children of God going to our Father, everything falls into its true perspective.”

―Martyn Lloyd-Jones

thought

The Christian is traveling on business through a strange country…if it be rough and rainy, he cares not much, he is but a traveler.”

―William Wilberforce

thought

Work is not primarily a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do. It is, or should be, the full expression of the worker’s faculties...”

―Dorothy Sayers

thought

I thought about the meaninglessness of life for a man who has everything to live with, but nothing to live for.”

―Billy Graham

thought

My weakness is my greatest strength, for then I trust alone on Jesus, when I feel my own dependence.”

―Charles Spurgeon

thought

If we have a right view of ourselves in this world as pilgrims, as children of God going to our Father, everything falls into its true perspective.”

―Martyn Lloyd-Jones

thought

The Christian is traveling on business through a strange country…if it be rough and rainy, he cares not much, he is but a traveler.”

―William Wilberforce

thought

Work is not primarily a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do. It is, or should be, the full expression of the worker’s faculties...”